Portable garment hanger



Feb. 9, 1937. LEmGEN 2,070,408

PORTABLE GARMENT HANGER Filed Aug. 21, 1935 INVENTOR. \J Nicholas C lez'ayen A TTORNE Y.

Patented Feb. 9, 1937 Q t UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE PORTABLE GARMENT HANGER Nicholas C. Leidgen, Detroit, Mich assignor of one-sixth to Hugo 0. Dietzel and two-thirds It; glarence M. Buchanan, both of Detroit,

Application August 21, 1935, Serial No. 37.169

2 Claims. (Cl. 211-96) This invention relates to portable garment in the return bent end 6. A piece of rubber tubhangars andrtthle;1 object of tin: inventlinn1 is to ings1l12 is fitted over the portion In of the hanger, pro ea p a e garment nger w c may as own, in ordertoprevent marring of the door be engaged over the upper edge of a door so Panel I3.

gllatdthe garments may be hung on the inside of In use the bracket I is engaged Over the top 6 e oor. of a door so that thehanger is supported in place Another object of the invention is to provide with the rubber tubing l2 engaging the door a portable garment hanger formed of two parts, panel l3 as shown. The horizontal portion 3 a supporting bracket arranged to engage over provides a support for any of the common types the upper edge of the door and a hanger memof garment hangers having a hook end which 10 ber pivotally supportedin the supporting bracket may be h o e O the po t 3 and he We ght and provided with a horizontal portion on which of the garments on the portion 8 is supported by th: gf'arinfnts tines; M is t vid ghe p riontsh6 andtil enlgiging in the lugs 4 and ur er 0 ec o e nven on 0 pro e an y 6 D0? 11 engaging against e 15 g. norflanlle garment hanger comprising a bracket panel l3 of the door. The bracket l which en- 15 e ac a y secured to the door and a hanger porgages over the door is made of sheet metal but {lion pivotagy ngounteg in thr: bracket, the said is1 not suflitclie fi y thick as to interfere W h the anger por on eing ormed o engage the door c osing of e door. below the bracket to form an additional support The device is usually hun on a C s t 01 l cker for the hanger member. door so that the hanger is on the inside of the 20 A further-object of the invention is to provide door and the only portion which shows from aportable garment hanger which: requires no the outside is the flange 3. The hanger may screws for mounting so that it may beireadily be turned in the lugs l and 5 to any desired removed from or replaced on any door. position and the bracket I may be positioned I'I'll esnn objects and the several novel features in the center of the door or near either edge as 25 o t e vention are hereinafter more fully dedesired.

scribed and claimed and the preferred form of This device is very handy in connection with construction by which these objects are attained a. closet or locker in that it provides a means for is shown in the accompanying drawing in hanging garments in the space in the center of whichthe closet and behind the door, which space is Fig. 1 is a perspective v ew of a garment hanger not normally used in the ordinary closet. The

embodying my invention asattached to a door. device may be instantly removed or replaced on Fig. 2 is an enlarged view of the device from the door and will support the weight of all of the rear. the garments that can be hung on the horizontal Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 2. portion 8. It will be noted that the hanger por- 35 The device comprises a sheet metal bracket l tion 9 extends downwardly at an angle and suphaving a portion 2 arranged to engage over the ports the outer end of the horizontal portion 8 upper edge of a door and also having a dependwhile the hook end I supports the inner end 8 flange as Shown in s- 2 and 3, to enthereof and the off-set portion l0 together with repairman; .Plttittt a; s r 5 ion 11 e horizon a posi on. e entire 4 at the top and another pair of struck out lugs bracket which fit over th top of t door or 5 at the bottom- The lugs 4 and 5 8 both the flange 3 may be finished in any desired color z g g xg tg g gfiz 523 721331222 93 3; or imitation wood graining but preferably a color hanger is provided with depending ends 6 and which W111 blend with the finish of the door. 45 1 engagin' in the apertures of the brackets 4 The device may be easily put in a grip or Suitcase by lifting the hanger-ends 6 and I out of and 5 and supported close to the face of the plate I as shown. The garment hanger is made :2: giiz z r 5 to msengage the hanger from 60 from a rod bent to form and comprises a hon From the foregoing description it becomes evizontal portion 8 and an angular portion 9. The horizontal portion 8 is provided with an ext ndent that the device is very simple and eflicrent sion lllat one side and extending upwardly therein operation, may be instantly applied to or retrain is a. vertical portion II which terminates in moved from a door, is composed of few parts the return bent end 1. The portion 9 terminates and is of consequent low manufacturing cost and 55 provides wdevice' which accomplishes the objects outer end of the horizontal portion, the lower described. comer of the triangular hanger member'being Having thus fully described my invention, its offset from the vertical side to engage against utility and mode of operation, what I claim and the face of the door beneath the bracket and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United a rubber covering extending over said oE-set States iscornerQ 1. In a garment han r. & Sheet metal bracket 2. In a portable garment hanger, a bracket shaped to en a e o e th u pe d of a do arranged for engagement over the upper edge ap of 8 extending outwardly from one Side of a door, a substantially triangular hanger of the bracket and a substantially triangular member formed from ingle t l d d hanger member pivot-al y supp t d n i u s supported in said bracket member at one side to turn on a vertical axis, the hang r memb of the door-{the substantially triangular hanger being substantially in h m f a right an member being provided with an integral horitriangleand the vertical side of the right angle m ;v portion ath t bracket and v nt.

triangle being Pivotany Supported i the 11185 of cal portion, said vertical portion being formed to the bracket, the horizontal side of the right angle provide an 5- arranged for engagement triangle extending from the doorand. the angular agamgt the face of the doon portion extending from the outer end of the horizontal portionbackto the bracket to support the NICHOLAS C.

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